Ariel Winter feels she needs to take medication in order to feel mentally well.
Ariel Winter has been taking "a bunch of medication" for her mental health.
The 25-year-old actress - who is best-known for playing Alex Dunphy in 'Modern Family' - has revealed that she needs to take medication in order to feel mentally well.
During an appearance on the 'Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson and Olivia Allen' podcast, Ariel shared: "Why am I gonna be out here, like, pretending like I don’t need something?
"Like, why am I gonna be out here pretending that I can live my life just fine without it when, like, I can’t. And, like, so many people I know can’t either."
Ariel has been attending therapy sessions for a decade, and the actress admits that she's been on a "journey" with her mental health.
She explained: "I started in therapy when I was 15, and I think I got on medication probably when I was, like, 16. And it was a really hard journey to find the right ones. It took a really long time."
Ariel initially agonised about taking different medications. But she's become much more philosophical about the situation over time.
She said: "At first I was like, ‘Wow, I have to take more than one'. I, like, felt weird and I was like, ‘Oh, no, I feel like that pill lady.’ I have my little pill container. But over time, I was like, ‘Whatever, I feel better.’ It is what it is. What, if I have to take a couple together to be the best version of me, that’s fine."
In 2019, meanwhile, Ariel revealed that her medication had actually caused her to lose weight.
Discussing her weight-loss, the actress said on Instagram: "The change in medication instantly made me drop all of the weight I couldn’t lose before by just giving me back a metabolism.
"That was very unexpected. While I feel better mentally with the change, it’s nice to work out and have your body actually respond, but I want to gain a few pounds of muscle and get healthier."
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
With a constant barrage of hilarious visual and verbal gags, this riotous animated adventure might...
Mr. Peabody is doubtlessly the most intelligent and most accomplished dog on the planet, and...
There's an element of parody to this jet-black comedy, but the film is so creepy...
Jack McCall is a literary agent who has a way with words. He knows just...
Before he was incarcerated Ray Bradstone was one of the best getaway drivers in New...